If you want to see an authentic New Orleans washboard in action, check this out: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-XigSlWve_A0.html. Washboard solo starts at 3:00.
Love this. Yet another American art form adopted, nurtured and perfected by Europeans. We have discarded so much for the enrichment of our major record producers.
There's something wrong when the current great practitioners of classic American styles like Bogie and Rockabilly are all from Europe - what happened here?
